Try actually reading what I wrote instead of turning it into what you want it to say. I said that source code does not count as documentation. It was in response to someone claiming that it did.
I never said a dev *had* to provide user documentation for something they do gratis (though it's really nice when it happens and is correct). I said that the source doesn't count as documentation because it does nothing to help an end user learn how to use the product.
Frighteningly enough, that is boilerplate that a lot of companies try to toss onto their salaried developers' contracts. It can usually be crossed out and they don't make a fuss over it, but they try anyway.
What's really funny is when they try to get contractors to sign the same type of agreements. I got a good giggle out of one of those.
A lot of companies do exactly that because they look at the salary list and see that they could hire several new grads for the cost of a senior people.
After all, we're just cogs and one of us can do the same job as any of the others, right? It's the same argument they use for outsourcing.
This really is the way that some of the pointy hairs think.
No, IBM wants to get rid of the expensive (and most experienced) employees.
In fact, you'll find that the older employees are among the *most* productive because they've been doing it for so long that they can practically do their jobs in their sleep.
One: I had that opinion of them before I went to OU. I dislike people who think that they are better than everyone else. I'd perfer that people shelve the attitude and act like decent people instead of playing the "I'm better than you" game.
Two: "spoiled" was the key word. I'm not jealous of the money. In fact, I have several friends whose parents are *extremely* well off, and we are very good friends because they didn't let the money go to their heads. They were content to be decent people and not make a show out of what they had. Again, it comes down to the "I'm better than you" attitude.
I'm one of those strange people who actually likes his stereo system. The sound quality is better than what comes out of my laptop.
Yes, I could write a database program for the albums, but I don't feel like booting up my laptop every time I want to look for a song. As far as ripping my cds goes, I don't have the storage space for that. I keep a couple of gigs worth of music on the laptop for when I'm out and use the cds for the rest.
No, I just dislike people who try to act better than everyone else and try to make themselves feel better by dragging other people down. Miami is filled, by and large, with a bunch of spoiled little rich kids who think that they are $deity's gift to the world.
It's a school that wants very badly to be an ivy leauge school but all it can manage is the fake attitude.
As far as rejection goes, it's not something that I am used to. Quite the opposite, actually. Let's just say that I rarely had to buy myself drinks.
I have something on the order of 300-350 cds and currently keep them in large wallets while I boxed up the cases. I have to say that it drives me nuts because I can *never* remember what song is on what track of which cd.
I am really looking forward to having them back in the cases when I am in a place with more space for shelving.
I don't think I'd want to work at J Crew U (it's a well deserved nickname because the university largely peopled by wannabe preps who think that J Crew is the height of fashion).
If the attitude of the students is any reflection on the attitude of the staff, I'd want to beat people there...
While I'm not an oldie (except by slashdot standards - I'm 25), I also fondly remember DOS and basic.
I also remember when linux was such a pain in the butt to install and use that it just wasn't worth it. It has improved a great deal from its early days when it was nearly unusable.
As it stands today, I use both windows and linux (though more windows at the moment since my wireless card isn't supported under linux and I haven't gotten around to getting an orinoco card). They both have their positive and negative points and I use the one which makes the most sense at the time.
a bit off topic, perhaps, but I'm tired of all of the "linux is the best thing out there" stuff. I've used Linux, Windows, Solaris, BSD, and others and see good and bad things in all of them. They're tools, not religions.
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The one market he never had? You weren't around for that whole dos and early windows thing were you?
There's a difference between the jeans and computer setup examples. Companies tend to like to own what they produce and not have it floating around on someone else's property.
Most companies with telecommuting options actually provide a computer that is specifically for work (and for no other function) just so they know that the work will be done on, and stored in, a machine that they explicitly own. This prevents "misunderstandings" should the employee "find" some of his previous work on his home computer after he is no longer with that company and now working with one of their competitors.
There are a lot of examples where schedules 10 hour days with rotating days off just do not work. The one that comes to mind immediately is in a development group where all members of the team are vital. A customer is not going to want to wait around an extra day to get an answer about issue X, which is only known by Bob as that is his specialty, when Bob is off.
If you call Bob and pester him to give you an answer or solution, guess what - it's no longer his day off. The same goes for meetings when you can't have everyone there - someone's going to get screwed out of their day "off".
There are a lot of other situations as well, but that is the one that came to mind first.
as for "Dark Sky" ordinances, some things would be useful but you will find that a lot of the "tresspass lighting" serves a very good purpose - security. In urban and suburban areas, what you term as tresspass lighting is very useful in helping you identify and avoid possible problems (be they environmental or human).
Long story short, just because something seems simple on the surface doesn't mean that it will solve more problems than it will cause.
If they're well-connected, HR managers can bring in an extreme amount of talent. It really comes down to who you know and how they think of you.
If they know you and trust/like you, chances are you might be able to bring them aboard. Let's face it, it doesn't matter what company we're talking about - getting the right employees can make or break you.
Beer was important in a lot of cultures for one very good reason - the water often wasn't safe to drink straight due to native bacteria, population centers dumping sewage straight into waterways, etc.
When the water can kill you and the beer is safe to drink (not to mention neutritious), you drink the beer.
It does say the oldest mixed alcoholic drink. You'll find that the oldest alcoholic drink period is likely mead because it can occur naturally (water gets into a bee hive, add some airborne yeast, and give it a bit of time).
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Try actually reading what I wrote instead of turning it into what you want it to say. I said that source code does not count as documentation. It was in response to someone claiming that it did.
I never said a dev *had* to provide user documentation for something they do gratis (though it's really nice when it happens and is correct). I said that the source doesn't count as documentation because it does nothing to help an end user learn how to use the product.
Learn to read and grow up, please.
Frighteningly enough, that is boilerplate that a lot of companies try to toss onto their salaried developers' contracts. It can usually be crossed out and they don't make a fuss over it, but they try anyway.
What's really funny is when they try to get contractors to sign the same type of agreements. I got a good giggle out of one of those.
The source code does not count as documentation. It does absolutely nothing to help your end users figure out how to use your product.
A lot of companies do exactly that because they look at the salary list and see that they could hire several new grads for the cost of a senior people.
After all, we're just cogs and one of us can do the same job as any of the others, right? It's the same argument they use for outsourcing.
This really is the way that some of the pointy hairs think.
No, IBM wants to get rid of the expensive (and most experienced) employees.
In fact, you'll find that the older employees are among the *most* productive because they've been doing it for so long that they can practically do their jobs in their sleep.
In fields like this, experience goes a LONG way.
One: I had that opinion of them before I went to OU. I dislike people who think that they are better than everyone else. I'd perfer that people shelve the attitude and act like decent people instead of playing the "I'm better than you" game.
Two: "spoiled" was the key word. I'm not jealous of the money. In fact, I have several friends whose parents are *extremely* well off, and we are very good friends because they didn't let the money go to their heads. They were content to be decent people and not make a show out of what they had. Again, it comes down to the "I'm better than you" attitude.
I'm one of those strange people who actually likes his stereo system. The sound quality is better than what comes out of my laptop.
Yes, I could write a database program for the albums, but I don't feel like booting up my laptop every time I want to look for a song. As far as ripping my cds goes, I don't have the storage space for that. I keep a couple of gigs worth of music on the laptop for when I'm out and use the cds for the rest.
No, I just dislike people who try to act better than everyone else and try to make themselves feel better by dragging other people down. Miami is filled, by and large, with a bunch of spoiled little rich kids who think that they are $deity's gift to the world.
It's a school that wants very badly to be an ivy leauge school but all it can manage is the fake attitude.
As far as rejection goes, it's not something that I am used to. Quite the opposite, actually. Let's just say that I rarely had to buy myself drinks.
I have something on the order of 300-350 cds and currently keep them in large wallets while I boxed up the cases. I have to say that it drives me nuts because I can *never* remember what song is on what track of which cd.
I am really looking forward to having them back in the cases when I am in a place with more space for shelving.
No, I'm saying that the female students there tend to be *really* easy...
Yes, you just have to love J Crew U, home of some of the most obnoxious college students that I have ever met.
That wouldn't be a punishment at Miami Oxford. He'd most likely get a stack of phone numbers...
I don't think I'd want to work at J Crew U (it's a well deserved nickname because the university largely peopled by wannabe preps who think that J Crew is the height of fashion).
If the attitude of the students is any reflection on the attitude of the staff, I'd want to beat people there...
Just as long as you don't ask to see the undead chicken leftovers.... *shudders*
damned brain-eatin' birds
Linux wasn't around back then. You are probably thinking of unix, which dos does share some similarities with.
Linux started as a minix-like operating system and minix was created to teach students the creation of unix style operating systems.
While I'm not an oldie (except by slashdot standards - I'm 25), I also fondly remember DOS and basic.
I also remember when linux was such a pain in the butt to install and use that it just wasn't worth it. It has improved a great deal from its early days when it was nearly unusable.
As it stands today, I use both windows and linux (though more windows at the moment since my wireless card isn't supported under linux and I haven't gotten around to getting an orinoco card). They both have their positive and negative points and I use the one which makes the most sense at the time.
a bit off topic, perhaps, but I'm tired of all of the "linux is the best thing out there" stuff. I've used Linux, Windows, Solaris, BSD, and others and see good and bad things in all of them. They're tools, not religions.
The one market he never had? You weren't around for that whole dos and early windows thing were you?
hint: most geeks couldn't have afforded DECs.
There's a difference between the jeans and computer setup examples. Companies tend to like to own what they produce and not have it floating around on someone else's property.
Most companies with telecommuting options actually provide a computer that is specifically for work (and for no other function) just so they know that the work will be done on, and stored in, a machine that they explicitly own. This prevents "misunderstandings" should the employee "find" some of his previous work on his home computer after he is no longer with that company and now working with one of their competitors.
There are a lot of examples where schedules 10 hour days with rotating days off just do not work. The one that comes to mind immediately is in a development group where all members of the team are vital. A customer is not going to want to wait around an extra day to get an answer about issue X, which is only known by Bob as that is his specialty, when Bob is off.
If you call Bob and pester him to give you an answer or solution, guess what - it's no longer his day off. The same goes for meetings when you can't have everyone there - someone's going to get screwed out of their day "off".
There are a lot of other situations as well, but that is the one that came to mind first.
as for "Dark Sky" ordinances, some things would be useful but you will find that a lot of the "tresspass lighting" serves a very good purpose - security. In urban and suburban areas, what you term as tresspass lighting is very useful in helping you identify and avoid possible problems (be they environmental or human).
Long story short, just because something seems simple on the surface doesn't mean that it will solve more problems than it will cause.
The parent to my origional post posed an honest question. It was the question that I responded to. The article had nothing to do with my comment.
If they're well-connected, HR managers can bring in an extreme amount of talent. It really comes down to who you know and how they think of you.
If they know you and trust/like you, chances are you might be able to bring them aboard. Let's face it, it doesn't matter what company we're talking about - getting the right employees can make or break you.
Careful what you wish for. Dubya has a bachelors degree in history and an MBA and we all see how well he's been working....
Beer was important in a lot of cultures for one very good reason - the water often wasn't safe to drink straight due to native bacteria, population centers dumping sewage straight into waterways, etc.
When the water can kill you and the beer is safe to drink (not to mention neutritious), you drink the beer.
It does say the oldest mixed alcoholic drink. You'll find that the oldest alcoholic drink period is likely mead because it can occur naturally (water gets into a bee hive, add some airborne yeast, and give it a bit of time).